Islamabad, May 03: Despite the series loss to India last month, Javed Miandad is likely to retain his job as coach of the national team since the Pakistan Cricket Board has failed to find a suitable replacement. After sounding a number of potential candidates, including Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore, Michael Slater and Bob Woolmer, PCB has decided to retain Miandad. "While almost all the former Test cricketers of Pakistan are ready to accept the job, no foreigner of some standard is willing to join the national team.
"It is not the matter of money but their commitments and reluctance to join PCB at present circumstances," the paper quoted an unnamed PCB official as saying, adding whatmore was not keen on the assignment as he wanted to stick to the Bangladesh team. Miandad came under fire from many former cricketers as well as board officials after the team's dismal performance against arch rivals India and was kept on hold by the PCB even after it announced the appointment of skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq till the end of this year. Bureau Report